A New Contender for the World's Oldest Shipwreck Has Been Discovered Off the Coast of Turkey. Its Ancient Cargo Is a 'Time Capsule' From 4,700 Years Ago
The ship was likely transporting huge jars of olive oil or wine across the Mediterranean when it sank to the seafloor. One archaeologist "could not believe how much" residue remained inside
We haven't written up this one. Smithsonian has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
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- Ancient shipwreck discovered off Turkey claimed to be world’s oldest newscientist.com
